Carambola or starfruit so called because of the 5 point star shape cross section of the fruit. It is a popular tropical fruit available throughout the world as a fresh fruit, gourmet jam, salad and fruit juice.
The fruit is rich in juice to the extent that one can make wine out of them. Single strength juice is weak, acidic and not very flavorful.
The fruit easily pureed to produce a thin yellow juice of -6°Brix and moderate acidity consisting primarily of oxalic acid.
The starfruit juice contains about 10% of sugar. In comparison with other fruit it has very small percentage of calcium and iron but contains about the same amount of phosphorus.
It is a good source of vitamin C and contains some B vitamins and vitamin A.
Fermented starfruit juice is a traditional Chinese health drink. It is believed that starfruit juice for soothing a sore throat or drinking in hot, dry weather.
Starfruit juice can be used alone or blended with other fruit juices to make excellent drinks. Starfruit juice or puree can be incorporated into sherbets or ice cream.
Starfruit juice
Technically, any liquid intended for drinking is a beverage so named by a word derived from French and Latin verbs meaning ‘to drink.’ Healthy beverages are beverages with health benefits that attribute by its nutritional value. The use of healthy beverage for promoting health and relieving symptom is as old as the practice of medicine.
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